Saturday Step x Step - Scenic Route

Hi!  Suzz here, sharing a Saturday Step x Step with some fun techniques to create a beautiful underwater adventure.

I had recently acquired some of the new stencils and stamps from The Funkie Junkie Boutique and couldn't wait to create an underwater scene using the new watery background stencil.

I started with mixed media paper to give my tag a nice sturdy base. 

 1. Place stencil over tag. Spray with mix of blue and green distress stain sprays over stencil.  Take a roll of paper towels and roll over the stencil with sprays to pick up excess spray. Lift up stencil and let tag dry.

2.  Because of the size of tag I like to create I had about a 1/2" of paper not inked up from the stencil. I decided to sponge it blue to start with. I masked off the stenciled part and sponged with the dye ink.

3. My next step was to create a shimmery effect to make the tag look more like a magical underwater adventure.  I placed the stencil back over the inked surface and sponged versamark watermark ink over my sprayed surface.  I then removed the stencil and sprinkled the entire surface with a glittery embossing powder.  You can do something similar with clear embossing powder and heating it up and while it is still moist sprinkle a clear fine glitter over the surface.

 Double click on the image and you can see the sparkle on the ink.  I used this same technique on all the pieces of the tag to keep the shimmer going.

3. Stamp the octopus using black archival ink on mixed media paper.

 4. Color the image by painting with the spray using a waterbrush. Cut out using detail scissors.

 4. Versamark the image all over and heat emboss with glittery clear embossing powder.

5.  The shimmery effect was accented with two green gems for his eyes.

6.  The blue trim along the top needed a punch of black.  I stamped the manufacturing label on mixed media paper using black ink. I repeated this twice.  I cut to fit the top and bottom of the tag.  I colored with a waterbrush and colored pencils.  

7. Create two black stripes by masking the stamped image and smearing black archival ink along the bottom. 

8. Cut strips of cardstock and sponge black to match.

 9. Add the word adventure by laying stencil along bottom of the tag. Apply black embossing paste through stencil. While the embossing paste is wet sprinkle glittery embossing powder over stenciled word.

10. Heat emboss the embossing powder.  I applied the shimmer embossing powder over the stamped top and bottom as well to give the same glossy shimmery finish.

 11. Die Cut leafy background piece. Spray with coordinating distress stain sprays.  Sponge edges with black die ink.  Stamp Manufacturing label over leafy die cut using black archival ink.

12. Attach clear glassy bubbles.  Using glue pen paint surface of bubbles and sprinkle with ultrafine glitter.

I hope you enjoyed our scenic route via the underwater adventure.  The products used are listed below.  They are available at 20% off list at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Suzz

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Sea Life	Ranger Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Spray Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Broken China	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - SPLASH	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad
Ink Blending Tool	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Glitter Glue 1.1oz	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Sizzix Holiday Greens Die Leaves	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Etcetera
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Embossing Antiquities - Frosted Crystal	Emerald Creek Clear Quartz Gemstones	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Traveler	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - Black
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Broken China	Ranger Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Ink Pad	TIm Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock TDA53835	Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Mini Scissors